Box 1
Container
Contains 62 Results:
1846 Kalamazoo Telegraph
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes research done by Marty Arnold along with the results of that research – her Grand Rapids Press Wonderland article and the slide show presentation given to the Grand Rapids Historical Society are a reflection of a personal interest. Although a local history enthusiast, Arnold developed the plank road story because her great great grandparents were settlers along the plank road. Her research encompassed only the Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo Plank Road, and does not include...
Dates:
1840s-1980s
Kalamazoo Gazette Carbon of Article, 1852
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes research done by Marty Arnold along with the results of that research – her Grand Rapids Press Wonderland article and the slide show presentation given to the Grand Rapids Historical Society are a reflection of a personal interest. Although a local history enthusiast, Arnold developed the plank road story because her great great grandparents were settlers along the plank road. Her research encompassed only the Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo Plank Road, and does not include...
Dates:
1840s-1980s
“Stagecoach Follows A Trail into the Past” / Arn Shackelford. Article, 5-27-1976.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes research done by Marty Arnold along with the results of that research – her Grand Rapids Press Wonderland article and the slide show presentation given to the Grand Rapids Historical Society are a reflection of a personal interest. Although a local history enthusiast, Arnold developed the plank road story because her great great grandparents were settlers along the plank road. Her research encompassed only the Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo Plank Road, and does not include...
Dates:
1840s-1980s
Pen drawn map
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes research done by Marty Arnold along with the results of that research – her Grand Rapids Press Wonderland article and the slide show presentation given to the Grand Rapids Historical Society are a reflection of a personal interest. Although a local history enthusiast, Arnold developed the plank road story because her great great grandparents were settlers along the plank road. Her research encompassed only the Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo Plank Road, and does not include...
Dates:
1840s-1980s
Biographical. “Next stop, Grand Rapids!’ On the Old Plank Road” Grand Rapids Press. Wonderland section, May 16, 1982. In Plastic sheet protectors
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes research done by Marty Arnold along with the results of that research – her Grand Rapids Press Wonderland article and the slide show presentation given to the Grand Rapids Historical Society are a reflection of a personal interest. Although a local history enthusiast, Arnold developed the plank road story because her great great grandparents were settlers along the plank road. Her research encompassed only the Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo Plank Road, and does not include...
Dates:
1840s-1980s
“Next Stop, Grand Rapids!' On the Old Plank Road” Grand Rapids Press. Wonderland Section, May 16, 1982. (10 Copies)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes research done by Marty Arnold along with the results of that research – her Grand Rapids Press Wonderland article and the slide show presentation given to the Grand Rapids Historical Society are a reflection of a personal interest. Although a local history enthusiast, Arnold developed the plank road story because her great great grandparents were settlers along the plank road. Her research encompassed only the Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo Plank Road, and does not include...
Dates:
1840s-1980s
Grand River Times. V. 7, no. 5, Apr. 1986. Arnold as Grand Rapids Historical Society annual meeting presenter.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes research done by Marty Arnold along with the results of that research – her Grand Rapids Press Wonderland article and the slide show presentation given to the Grand Rapids Historical Society are a reflection of a personal interest. Although a local history enthusiast, Arnold developed the plank road story because her great great grandparents were settlers along the plank road. Her research encompassed only the Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo Plank Road, and does not include...
Dates:
1840s-1980s
[Grand River Times, date unknown, ca. 1986?] Arnold giving Plank Road Tour.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes research done by Marty Arnold along with the results of that research – her Grand Rapids Press Wonderland article and the slide show presentation given to the Grand Rapids Historical Society are a reflection of a personal interest. Although a local history enthusiast, Arnold developed the plank road story because her great great grandparents were settlers along the plank road. Her research encompassed only the Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo Plank Road, and does not include...
Dates:
1840s-1980s
Old Plank Road Tour flyers & notes, plus schedule/highlights
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes research done by Marty Arnold along with the results of that research – her Grand Rapids Press Wonderland article and the slide show presentation given to the Grand Rapids Historical Society are a reflection of a personal interest. Although a local history enthusiast, Arnold developed the plank road story because her great great grandparents were settlers along the plank road. Her research encompassed only the Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo Plank Road, and does not include...
Dates:
1840s-1980s
Mrs. M.G. Washburn Reminiscences. Apr. 18, 1946, as correspondence to Arnold. Found with folder 5. [Note, 2015: Washburn's granddaughter, Holly S. DeMaagd, says that this should be 1986. M.G. Washburn was born in 1904 and says in the letter that she is 82. She lived on Remembrance Rd.]
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes research done by Marty Arnold along with the results of that research – her Grand Rapids Press Wonderland article and the slide show presentation given to the Grand Rapids Historical Society are a reflection of a personal interest. Although a local history enthusiast, Arnold developed the plank road story because her great great grandparents were settlers along the plank road. Her research encompassed only the Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo Plank Road, and does not include...
Dates:
1840s-1980s